Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection
Explore a collection of 818 high-quality multimedia instructional resources, informed by research, for use by adult educators. These resources have been reviewed by subject matter experts and recommended and approved by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy. Search the collection by category, keyword, date and more.
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Findings from the Accelerating Opportunity Evaluation
2019
Evaluation report on the Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative, which aimed to help adults with low basic skills earn valued occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers.
Administrators
Business Partners
Policymakers and Implementers
Researchers and Developers
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Improving Math Instruction with Open Educational Resources
2019
This introductory guide for educators is part of the Power in Numbers initiative, funded by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE). Power in Numbers aims to help adult learners receive the higher-level math skills they need to succeed. This guide provides educators with step-by-step instructions for identifying, reviewing and remixing high-quality OER.
Administrators
Instructional Staff
Teacher Trainers
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OER for Administrators and Educators: Accessing high-quality learning resources, for free
2019
These resource sheets for administrators and educators are part of the Power in Numbers initiative funded by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE). Power in Numbers aims to help adult students receive the higher-level math skills they need to succeed. This resource provides administrators and educators with an understanding of what open educational resources (OER) are, why they are useful and how to get started using them.
Administrators
Teacher Trainers
Policymakers and Implementers
Instructional Staff
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Power in Numbers: Video Series
2019
Power in Numbers aims to help adult students receive the higher-level math skills they need to succeed in the real world. This video series comprises of three short videos in English and Spanish and an accompanying video discussion guide. The series serves to promote the importance and relevance of advanced math skills to inspire adult learners.
Administrators
Teacher Trainers
Policymakers and Implementers
Instructional Staff
Adult Learners
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What Works for Adult Learners: Lessons from Career Pathway Evaluations
2019
This report presents the results of a systematic examination of rigorous evaluation studies to determine what is known about the impact of career pathways on adults seeking to attain a living-wage career.
Administrators
Policymakers and Implementers
Researchers and Developers
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Why Equity Matters for Adult College Completion
2019
This brief describes how Adult Promise program leaders and their partners are incorporating a racial equity focus into initiatives targeting adult learners through goal setting, outreach and recruitment, financial supports, and completion strategies.
Administrators
Policymakers and Implementers
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“We Are The Voice To Speak Up”: Cultivating Adult Learner Voice Through Leadership
2019
This paper investigates the role of leadership training in developing voice in adult learners and presents implications for staff and programs to enhance practice by building relationships, fostering community and
collaboration, and encouraging voice through activities.
Administrators
Instructional Staff
Researchers and Developers
Student Support Staff
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A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction
2018
This online resources guides instructions on how to support Black, LatinX, and Multilingual students to a path for math equity.
Administrators
Family and Community Supporters
Instructional Staff
Student Support Staff
Teacher Trainers
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CashCourse
2018
CashCourse is an interactive website devoted to helping students build money management skills, survive in a touch economy, and prepare for success.
Adult Learners
Instructional Staff
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ESL Literacy Readers
2018
A collection of forty theme-based readers, along with an instructors guide, that support ESL literacy instructors in creating comprehensive, theme-based lessons for adult ESL literacy learners.
Adult Learners
Instructional Staff
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ESOL Tutor Resource Pack
2018
The ESOL Tutor Resource Pack includes resources for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) tutors to use with learners who are in prison or who have had recent experience with the criminal justice system.
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HyperDocs for Adult Educators
2018
This toolkit contains tutorials, templates and sample lessons that help adult educators create documents that use hypertext to help students learn key concepts independently.
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Kentucky Skills U Instructional Technology Framework
2018
The Kentucky Skills U Instructional Technology Framework provides a common instructional technology foundation for comprehensive, assessment-aligned instructional support for adult educators.
Administrators
Instructional Staff
Teacher Trainers
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Kentucky Skills U Mathematics Instructional Framework
2018
This mathematics content framework provides comprehensive, assessment-aligned support to adult educators and identifies instructional materials that have been aligned with the Data Recognition Corporation TABE 11/12 Blueprints and the GED Testing Service GED High Impact Indicators.